I was beheaded in the Middle Ages for 20 years

Chapter 171 Xu Siling is Satan in disguise

Attack from front and back.

Dilemma.

Xu Siling's nose twitched, and the smell of spices brewed by her body temperature hit her face.

Chris's scent was stronger, but Blanche's scent was lighter, a bit softer.

Of course, now is not the time to talk about comparing this.

Xu Siling only noticed Blanche's stiff expression in front of her.

Did his previous comments about art hurt Blanche?

It shouldn’t be.

Although he commented on the uselessness of art, the so-called uselessness was from a real material perspective.

In times of war, art is indeed useless.

But in peaceful times, art is useful.

The reason why he made the previous remarks was that he saw that Blanche was very fond of art, and he simply wanted to stimulate her and collect the interest that she had bullied him in the past.

Unexpectedly, it was just a slightly sharp artistic statement that made Blanche look like this.

Blanche's beautiful gloomy face looked pitiful and dejected.

It looks even more pathetic now.

Chris squeezed Xu Siling's back, holding her hands on her, her tone slightly nervous.

He spoke softly in a voice that only three people could hear.

"It's my father and brother"

Xu Siren felt strange. He was not an outsider, so why should he hide?

Didn't the rumors say that Chris was extremely favored in the family?

Chris took her friend into the bookstore to look at paintings, so she shouldn't be so frightened.

But Blanche didn't say anything, and he didn't bother to say anything either.

just
Xu Siling looked down.

Blanche is still in a state of unconsciousness, and there is no difference between their bodies.

He couldn't enjoy this warmth.

"Miss Chris, could you please step back a little."

Chrissy finally reacted and took a small step back, trying hard to avoid being exposed.

Xu Siling was able to breathe and turn around without facing Blanche face to face.

Through the small gap in the bookshelf, Xu Siling saw two men sitting at the desk.

The man sitting in the main seat has gray hair, a lot of wrinkles on his face, and is dignified. He is the Marquis Langton Boggs.

The young man sitting in front of the desk is Chrissy's brother. However, judging from his profile, he is not too old. Instead, he is similar to Chrissy. He should not be the eldest son in the family.

If Fei'er were here, he would immediately recognize who this person is.

Catalino Boggs.

Before the Battle of Tamubao began, Mayfair led his troops to Tamubao and were setting up camp on the hillside.

Catalino got along well with Khamis. Before leaving Tamubao, Catalino acted as a lobbyist for Khamis and went to Mayfair with a message.

The result of the conversation was naturally very simple.

Mayfair refused to cooperate and the negotiations collapsed.

Catalino was helpless. He was not the heir to the Boggs family and was not so capable. He comforted Hamis for a few words and left Tamubao.

Just because Fei'er knew Catalino, it doesn't mean that Xu Siling knew him.

Rather than who Catalino was, Xu Siling wanted to know why Chris took him and hid with Blanche.

"I didn't expect my father to be in Paris."

"The king sent a message, so he will come naturally. It seems that he has some strange ideas."

The next conversation between the two father and son aroused Xu Siling's interest.

Marquis Boggs waved his hand: "I'll talk about him later. I'm even more curious now. You wrote to me before and told me that you had a secret about Phil Raya. What happened."

The conversation involved Xu Siling's lord Feier, and Blanche came to her senses, but Chris looked surprised and focused on Xu Siling.

"Before talking about this, father, what do you think of the knights under Miss Raya's command?"

"Xu Siling?" Marquis Boggs hesitated for a while, "I have never been in contact with him, but since he arrived in Paris, his fame has grown day by day, and it still hasn't faded away. There must be the royal family's encouragement behind this."

"Not only his fame, father, but also his strength."

"I know, I know Chris told me. I asked a few friends that the knight competition was crazy. If it is as everyone said, Knight Raya can be regarded as the number one knight in the kingdom. "

Marquis Boggs suddenly thought of something and immediately asked: "You should know about the Battle of Tamubao. According to time, you stayed in Tamubao for a while."

Catalino smiled bitterly and nodded: "Not only do I know about it, but I also served as a lobbyist for both sides before the war."

"It seems you didn't succeed."

"I underestimated Miss Raya's determination." Catalino sighed softly, "Mr. Hamis is a very interesting elder, well-informed. I had a good conversation with him, but it's a pity."

"Does that mean you know more about the details of the Battle of Tamubao than others?"

"You could say that, Father."

Marquis Boggs waved his hand: "Let's talk about it. I'm very curious about the difference between the real situation of the Battle of Tamubao and the battle report we got."

Catalino was silent for a while, then asked instead: "What does father want to ask about?"

"What do you mean."

"If you are asking about the battle situation, then the data in the battle report is accurate. Miss Raya did not make false reports."

Marquis Boggs's eyebrows stood up, in disbelief. He could think of the shadow of Xu Siling among them, but he suppressed his doubts.

"Less than five hundred people can break through the well-defended Tamu Fort with more than three hundred soldiers? Not to mention the battle damage and casualties on Raya's side. Compared with past siege battles, it is really not worth mentioning. What exactly is this? What's going on?"

Many nobles, including the king, subconsciously questioned it when they received the battle report of the Battle of Tamubao for the first time.

It is normal for battle reports to be false. Many nobles are willing to get close to their faces, or to create a reputation for a certain knight, and falsely report their military exploits.

But the report of the Battle of Chateau-Talman is unprecedented in French history.

If Philip VI had not confirmed the authenticity of the battle report through other means, he would not have believed that Xu Siling was so capable.

Siege warfare is extremely difficult. On the basis of keeping casualties low, the number of attackers and defenders is not overwhelming. If you want to say that someone can break through the inner and outer twin forts of Tamubao in less than a day, who would believe it.

But Catalino, his youngest son, doesn't lie.

"The key reason why Miss Raya can easily win lies in three points. One is the siege equipment." Catalino knew a lot and told his father one by one: "Miss Raya's camp has capable people, trebuchets and siege equipment." The city towers were all built in a short period of time and used on the battlefield. The second is that the morale of the soldiers on both sides is very different. The morale of Miss Raya's soldiers is very enthusiastic, while the morale of Lord Hamis's soldiers is horribly low."

Marquis Boggs still believed in the advantages of siege equipment, but when it came to morale, he shook his head.

"I have seen Khamis's soldiers. They are not elite, but they are well-trained. How can there be morale problems?"

"I have to mention one thing that was not mentioned in the battle report."

"What is it? Is it related to the secret you told me?"

"You can say that."

Catalino sighed: "Before the Battle of Talmubao, Lord Hamis started the witch trial and invited many nobles to visit."

"I know this."

"This is the conflict between Mr. Hamis and Miss Raya." Catalino continued, "Most of the so-called witches captured by Mr. Hamis are from the women in the territory of Raya Town. Now Hamis Master Mis wants to judge her people in front of Miss Raya, and Miss Raya will certainly not be willing to do so."

"The two parties negotiated this matter in front of many nobles at the banquet. The process was very explosive. Miss Raya did not get a good result, and was even blocked by Lord Khamis. The reason why Raya Town was not affected by the Black Death All because of the help of witches, indirectly denying God’s revelation and miracles.”

"The relationship between the two parties was completely torn apart." Marquis Boggs frowned: "So is this the real reason why the Battle of Tamubao broke out?"

"maybe"

"Catalino, what do you mean?"

"I have been in contact with Miss Raya, and she is incomprehensible to me. I suspect that even if the two parties do not break up, Khamis will die in the hands of Miss Raya sooner or later."

"You mean that Raya's goal, from the beginning, was to go to Khamis? How is that possible? I don't remember any deep hatred between the two families before."

"I didn't believe it at first." Catalino said thoughtfully, "Father, do you still remember that I said that before the Battle of Tamubao broke out, I acted as a lobbyist for both sides. Miss Raya's request It’s very simple, Lord Khamis must hand over the person.”

"Ha!" Marquis Boggs slapped the table with an angry smile, "Then according to your point of view, Khamis is looking for death! When the army came to the city, Raya even prepared the siege equipment. Khamis is not worth mentioning for a mere The witch's life, insisting on a war with Raya, but unwilling to surrender? "

"Of course Master Khamis is not that stupid. If there is really someone who can hand it over, Master Khamis will definitely hand it over to no one who is willing to start a war for no reason."

"My child, what do you mean?"

"Because... before Miss Raya and Master Khamis broke up and left Tamubao, Miss Raya had arranged for someone to rob the prison and successfully rescued the witches."

"Then why did she return?" Halfway through his words, Marquis Boggs stopped talking.

"That's why I say that my role as a lobbyist is meaningless. Miss Raya forcefully demands Mr. Khamis to hand over people, but the problem is that those people have been rescued by Miss Raya. How can Mr. Khamis still have anyone to hand over? Do you want to go out? This seemingly reasonable request for negotiation is, in the eyes of Mr. Khamis, a straightforward declaration of war. There is no room for turning back. Mr. Khamis has no other choice but to accept the challenge. "

Catalino smiled bitterly: "Just like the possibility I raised before, Miss Raya may not have taken the lives of those witches seriously from the beginning. She just needed an excuse to get rid of Master Hamis." Justifiable excuse.”

"So to this day, I am still curious about Lord Hamis's witch trials. It is so unbelievable and full of mysteries that it is difficult for me to understand."

Marquis Boggs interrupted: "This is wrong, my child. I really don't know what you are talking about, but what does it have to do with the low morale of the Khamis soldiers? I am more curious, since Miss Raya raised it The request for cooperation is so unreasonable. He, Hamis, can send someone to seek help from other nobles. Miss Raya is launching an unprovoked war! "No noble can accept this!"

"Because... it was the prison robbery that blocked all possibilities."

Marquis Boggs was a little puzzled, but after thinking silently, he became even more strange.

"The more I think about it, the more I feel something is wrong, kid, Catalino, you didn't lie to me."

"Father, how could I lie to you."

"According to your statement, the relationship between the two broke up at the banquet. But Raya didn't have many people at all. How could he easily take away so many witches in the heavily defended Tamu Castle?" Marquis Boggs I wonder, "Did Raya arrange for people to hide in Tamubao in advance?"

"No." Catalino looked bitter, his expression strange and indescribable.

"Father, Miss Raya only arranged one person to rob the prison."

"What fun are you having?"

Marquis Boggs was full of disbelief, but midway through his words, something seemed to block his mouth.

His expression changed quickly, and then he confirmed.

"Xu Siling?"

"That's right, he's the only one."

The three people on the bookshelf were all caught up in the conversation between Boggs and his son.

The nobles knew clearly about the Battle of Tamubao, but the female nobles did not know much.

At most, I know that such a thing happened.

The details of the Battle of Talmuba already attracted the ears of Chris and Blanche.

But after hearing that Xu Siling single-handedly robbed the prison in the heavily defended Tamubao, the two of them couldn't help but look at Xu Siling sideways in surprise.

Xu Siling did not give any response to the two of them, but listened carefully.

He himself did not expect that a strange butterfly effect would occur in the two days after he disappeared from prison.
When Fei'er asked Hamis for someone, she wanted Xu Siling, not those witches.

But Feier had no idea that he and Farina had successfully broken through and left.

And Hamis had no idea that what Mayfair wanted was never those witches.

Xu Siling does not think that if the talks go smoothly, the two sides will cease fighting.

According to his and Mayfair's plan, killing Khamis was a necessary part of the plan.

Even if this hadn't happened, there would have been other reasons to kill Khamis.

"How is it possible?" Marquis Boggs shook his head involuntarily, "alone, facing so many soldiers?"

"If it were me, I wouldn't believe it either. But this happened right in front of me."

Catalino rubbed his fingers, seeming to be recalling something he didn't want to face.

"Knight Raya robbed the prison. In order to buy time for Miss Raya to take people away, he guarded the dungeon streets alone and refused to let anyone leave."

"Facing the siege of more than a dozen soldiers alone, it's unbelievable that he really did it."

"What was left to Khamis were the bodies of soldiers and injured soldiers. From the mouths of the injured soldiers, this was confirmed."

Marquis Boggs was surprised: "Then that's not right. According to your statement, he stayed alone to deal with the aftermath. Even if Miss Raya can successfully lead people away, Hamis only needs to close the city gate in time. Unless Knight Raya intervenes, With wings, there is no possibility of escape.”

"That's actually true. You can't think about Knight Koraya using common sense!"

Catalino's expression was a little ferocious, and he was trying to calm down his inner emotions.

"He ensured that Miss Raya left smoothly. After Master Khamis sounded the alarm, and when the city gate was about to close, he faced the siege of the soldiers on the shop floor. He broke out. Although someone picked him up and left in time, it was still It’s something people can’t understand.”

"Father, do you know?"

"I happened to be beside Mr. Khamis at that time. I climbed the city wall with him and saw with my own eyes that Knight Raya was alone, holding two one-handed swords. He was completely unafraid in the face of the siege of the soldiers, as if .Like Satan wearing a layer of skin.”

"When he escaped from the city gate on horseback, Lord Khamis promptly ordered the soldiers on the city wall to raise their crossbows and shoot at him. This unreasonable Raya knight would definitely be shot down!"

Catalino recalled what happened that night. He covered half of his face with one hand, his expression uncontrollable, ferocious and struggling to calm down.

Marquis Boggs was stunned, his expression showed disbelief.

He subconsciously believed that no matter which knight he was, no one could survive the crossbow shooting of the soldiers, not to mention that Xu Siling didn't even bring a shield, how could he survive the rain of arrows.

But looking at his son's expression and his generally unreasonable understanding of Knight Raya, he was frightened in his heart.

He guessed the answer.

Inside the bookshelf, Blanche and Chris held their breaths when they heard this.

It was as if they were on the scene, facing the siege of the soldiers, and the rain of arrows flying all over the sky that were difficult to dodge while fleeing.

The suffocating feeling that hit their faces made them afraid to breathe.

"But Knight Raya is Satan in disguise!"

"With just two one-handed swords, he faced the rain of arrows in the sky without any fear!"

"It's really unbelievable. The swords in his hands are like storms, blocking everything that comes close."

"Any arrow that was fired did not threaten him."

"Kill them all down one by one!"

Catalino smiled bitterly and looked horrified.

"Father, ask me why the morale of Lord Khamis's soldiers is low?"

"To be honest, I can't find a way to restore their morale."

"After Knight Raya escaped successfully, it rained."

"That rain wiped out everything in Tamubao."

"It's like a shadow named Xu Siling, shrouding Tamubao."